Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-690-3)

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Description :

Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine. These problems
could allow an attacker to crash the browser and possibly execute
arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2008-5500)

Boris Zbarsky discovered that the same-origin check in Firefox could
be bypassed by utilizing XBL-bindings. An attacker could exploit this
to read data from other domains. (CVE-2008-5503)

Marius Schilder discovered that Firefox did not properly handle
redirects to an outside domain when an XMLHttpRequest was made to a
same-origin resource. It's possible that sensitive information could
be revealed in the XMLHttpRequest response. (CVE-2008-5506)

Chris Evans discovered that Firefox did not properly protect a user's
data when accessing a same-domain JavaScript URL that is redirected to
an unparsable JavaScript off-site resource. If a user were tricked
into opening a malicious website, an attacker may be able to steal a
limited amount of private data. (CVE-2008-5507)

Several flaws were discovered in the JavaScript engine. If a user were
tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could exploit
this to execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the context of
another website or with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-5511,
CVE-2008-5512).

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